Jamie S

Hi, I'm Jamie. I am 20 years old and I was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at 9 years of age. Throughout my life things have been quite a challenge, meeting people, adjusting to them and perfecting my actions and going out and everything under that area. Throughout school I stood out most of the time which lead to bullying hence being different and not quite fitting into the "crowd". I thought because of this I may give up or drop out but I made it through and passed my GCSE's. I'm now working as a full time Warehouse Assistant at the moment which I am getting on with pretty well (and I like the people there). As I've got older, I have developed more which gives me a good understanding of myself whilst learning to understand other people in the process. When I was younger I used to get frustrated over change and because of school trouble I brought the anger home as well. As time passed, I got better at coping, controlling my anger and now I think I cope pretty well. Outside work/education I like to do random activities with people and try to enjoy myself whilst trying to live a usual life. I have almost learnt to live with Asperger's, and I've come to the understanding of how I'm going to act and how others are going to on me when something occurs. Whilst some may see Asperger's as a negative thing, it has it's positive sides as well and I try to use them to there advantages (like special interest areas, photographic memory etc). So yeah I think it's a positive thing and I've almost learnt to cope, and maintain my life now. So I'll leave it here, I hope you enjoyed reading this positive look on it and all the best to everyone in the same boat. Jamie